Destination Outer Space

Destination Outer Space

What Is Outer Space

Outer space is just what its name implies. It is the void that lies beyond the uppermost reaches of the atmosphere of Earth and between all other objects in the universe. Although it is a void, outer space may be thought of as an environment. Radiation and objects pass through it freely. An unprotected human or other living being placed in the outer space environment would perish in a few brief, agonizing moments.

What Is In Space ?

Most of the universe is empty space, called a vacuum, but it is an imperfect vacuum. There are clouds of interstellar dust and the tiny particles that make up the solar wind. There are many isolated particles and hydrogen atoms, which sometimes form clouds over a billion kilometers wide called "nebulae."